Brief Overview - On 8 February 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) jointly adopted amendments to Form PF (the Amendments), the confidential reporting form...more
3/6/2024
/ Asset Management ,
CFTC ,
Compliance ,
Digital Assets ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Hedge Funds ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Funds ,
Investors ,
Private Funds ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On 23 August, the US Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new rules and rule amendments that will impose substantial regulation on the management and operation of private funds by investment advisers. The Guide to...more
3/1/2024
/ Asset Management ,
Audits ,
Compliance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Fund Managers ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ,
Investment Portfolios ,
Investors ,
New Rules ,
Private Funds ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On 23 August, the US Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new rules and rule amendments that will impose substantial regulation on the management and operation of private funds by investment advisers. The Guide to...more
Executive Summary - Newly proposed rules (the Predictive Analytics Rules) will, if adopted as proposed, require broker-dealers and investment advisers (firms) to: (i) identify conflicts of interests when using certain...more
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and the sustainable economy are concepts that often overlap and frequently intertwine. Whether viewed separately or together, they have significantly changed global investing and...more
2/14/2023
/ Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Energy ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Justice ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Investment Management ,
Investors ,
Popular ,
Supply Chain ,
Sustainability ,
Sustainable Business Practices
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and the sustainable economy are concepts that often overlap and frequently intertwine. Whether viewed separately or together, they have significantly changed global investing and...more
OVERVIEW - On October 7, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a conditional exemption, operating as a nonexclusive safe harbor from the broker registration requirements of Section 15(a) of the...more
INTRODUCTION - On 26 August 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) adopted amendments to Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), which...more
Introduction - On 26 August 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Securities Act), which expand the...more
WHY CLOSED-END FUNDS, ALTERNATIVE STRATEGY FUNDS, AND BDCS?
- Many advisers recommend alternative assets or alternative strategies and structures as part of an investor’s diversified investment portfolio
- For...more
On June 5, 2019 the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Commission”) adopted Regulation Best Interest to require broker-dealers to observe a new standard of conduct when recommending securities or investment...more
Sections:
- Executive Summary
- Material Changes Proposed by the Exposure Draft
- Effect of the Proposed Revisions Certain Investment Managers and Transactions -
Executive Summary -
On August 30, 2018 the CFA...more
On September 22, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed a new rule and amendments to rules and reporting forms under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), designed to standardize...more
10/26/2015
/ Comment Period ,
Compliance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EFTs ,
Exchange-Traded Products ,
Federal Register ,
Financial Institutions ,
Form N-CEN ,
Form N-PORT ,
FSOC ,
Hedge Funds ,
Investment ,
Investment Companies ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Investment Management ,
Investment Portfolios ,
Investors ,
Liquidity ,
Liquidity Risk Management Rule ,
Money Market Funds ,
Mutual Funds ,
New Guidance ,
Portfolio Managers ,
Public Comment ,
Regulation S-X ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Rule 22e-4 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Shareholders ,
Swing Pricing ,
U.S. Navy ,
UCITS